No pain, no gain? The importance of measuring course workload in student ratings of instruction

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 743-751

  Greenwald, Anthony G ^a   Gillmore, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0031316935     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0022-0663.89.4.743     Document Type: Article

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